Jaguars could be reintroduced in US south-west, study says

Study's authors believe animal can benefit people as well as cultural and natural heritage' of Arizona and New Mexico

Jaguars could be reintroduced in the south-western US, where hunting and habitat loss led to the big cats' extinction, a new study says.

Scientists and other environmentalists make the case for bringing back the third-largest big cat, after tigers and lions, in Arizona and New Mexico in a paper published in the journal Conservation Science and Practice.